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Tues·day   (tūz’dē, -dā’, tyūz’-)n. (Abbr. Tues. or Tue. or Tu or T)The third day of the week. Appropriate for submitting teasers, esp. for books. [Middle English Tuesdai, from Old English Tīwesdæg, Tiu’s day : Tīwes, genitive of Tīw, Tiu; … Continue reading →

Patriots and citizens, we are ready for Teaser Tuesday — to the barricades! In their own persons, Lafayette and Talleyrand embodied the split personality of the French Revolution. For while it is commonplace to recognize that the Revolution gave birth … Continue reading →

Once a week you get a peek, although Teaser Tuesdays must be discrete. Across the table, Worf was still being Worf. “A junior lieutenant with a history of discipline problems walks out of the woods naked and tells us the … Continue reading →

Teaser Tuesdays are out of this world, from ShouldBeReading. With deliberate composure, Ellie left the assembled group crowded around the consoles and returned to her office. She closed the door very carefully behind her. “Holy shit!” she whispered. (Contact, Carl Sagan. … Continue reading →

Teaser Tuesday again, from Should Be Reading. “Repeat after me,” said the parson. “I, Horatio, take thee, Maria Ellen –“ The thought came up in Hornblower’s mind that these were the last few seconds in which he could withdraw from … Continue reading →

Every little thing it does is magic, every little thing I read turns me on — It’s Tuesday Teaser! A bit late, but it’s not Wednesday yet! As always, from Should Be Reading. Later on the test gave him a … Continue reading →

To arms, citizens! The time has come! — for….Teaser Tuesday! “Come then!” cried DeFarge, in a resounding voice. “Patriots and friends, we are ready! The Bastille!” – 245, A Tale of Two Cities. Charles Dickens.

Teaser Tuesdays will be a bit different for a couple of months: I have responsibilities on Tuesdays that prevent me from coming near a computer until the early evening. Thus the link to ShouldBeReading will be to the blog itself, and not … Continue reading →

It’s Teesday Tuese! Or…something. From ShouldBeReading. The sermon was still going on, and  Hornblower feared that when it was finished there would be some more singing, more of those high-pitched noises from the surpliced choir boys which would distress him painfully again, … Continue reading →